"Instead of the metaphor of scales in balance, I prefer the idea of a jazz quartet: you're trying to make music that feels and sounds good, and sometimes you only hear the trumpet or just the bass and piano. Sometimes all four are playing at the same time, but perhaps at different volume."

-- Stewart D. Friedman

#Ideas Quotes #Piano Quotes #Trying Quotes

“We're living in a future that's weirder than anybody except possibly.”
“A guru is one who tells you to throw away all the crutches that we have been made to believe are essential for our survival. He would ask you to walk, and he would say that if you fall, you will arise and walk.”
“The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.”
“Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of God and others.”
“If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.”
“Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.”
“The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.”

Source : 'Political Essays' (1819) '"The Times" Newspaper'
“Then itâ€™s just Venia, whose skin is so pale her tattoos appear to be leaping off it. Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair and nails and makeup, fingers flying swiftly to compensate for her absent teammates. The whole time, she avoids my gaze. Itâ€™s only when Cinna shows up to approve me and dismiss her that she takes my hands, looks me straight in the eye, and says, â€œWe would all like you to know what aâ€¦privilege it has been to make you look your best.â€ Then she hastens from the room.”

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